Transfer ERC-20 token from Token Contract to My Custom Contract

Question

I know transferring ERC-20 token from my wallet to a custom contract. The smart contract has to call transferFrom() to enable withdraw.

ERC20 token = ERC20(_tokenAddress);
token.transferFrom(msg.sender, this, _amount);

But I need to first call approve function on the token contract to approve this contract to withraw funds on my behalf. I want to know is there any way to call the token.approve() method from this contract itself?

Answer 1

token.approve() has to be called by the account that owns the tokens (you), so no, you can't call it from some other account (including a contract).